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Britt, Maurice 'Footsie' ; Maurice 'Footsie' Britt; Maurice Britt; Maurice L. 'Footsie' Britt

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Contributors:
      United States. Army. Signal Corps
    • بيانات النشر:
      University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville
    • الموضوع:
      1944
    • Collection:
      University of Arkansas: Digital Collections
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      U.S. Army Signal Corps photo. Photo by Pvt. M.S. Kelly. Stained print. (See also 4681 for vertical picture, unstained.) Britt with wife, Nancy, after receiving Congressional Medal of Honor, 5 June 1944. Caption glued to verso. Congressional Medal of Honor - 1944. ; Maurice "Footsie" Britt (June 29, 1919-November 26, 1995) graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1941 with a degree in journalism. While at college he was in the Sigma Chi fraternity and became the sports editor for the Arkansas Traveler, and was also a successful college basketball player and football player. He later played professional football with the Detroit Lions for one season, then entered the United States Army in December 1941. He received the Medal of Honor in 1944. Britt served two terms as lieutenant governor of Arkansas under Winthrop Rockefeller from 1967, ending in 1970. Britt took a position as the district director of the Small Business Administration in 1971 and served until 1985. (Finding Aid, Maurice "Footsie" Britt Collection and Encyclopedia of Arkansas).
    • File Description:
      8 x 10 inches; image/jpeg
    • Relation:
      University of Arkansas Picture Collection; SC_Photos_2060a_Britt.tif; http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/photocatalog/id/1988
    • الدخول الالكتروني :
      http://digitalcollections.uark.edu/cdm/ref/collection/photocatalog/id/1988
    • Rights:
      Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17). For additional information regarding publication of this item please contact the University of Arkansas Libraries Special Collections at 479-575-5577 or specoll@uark.edu.
    • الرقم المعرف:
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